Verlag Anton Saurwein (''Anton Saurwein Publishing'') is an independent German academic publishing house specialising in the publication of titles in the field of

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Americanist research. Founded in the 1990s by the German Mesoamericanist researcher Anton Saurwein, the

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is a prominent producer of

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an-based research materials and journals in the study of

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n and

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cultures and civilizations. Formerly based in

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and latterly in

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, a town near

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, Saurwein acquired the publishing rights and duties for '' Mexicon'', one of the premiere

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s for Mesoamerican research in Europe, from its former publisher Verlag von Flemming. Saurwein also took over from the Flemming company the publication of ''

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'', a

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of titles that includes the proceedings of the annual European Maya Conferences, organised by the European Association of Mayanists, WAYEB.

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